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Montreal Is Still Building Bike Lanes (But Thereâs a Catch)
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Montreal Is Still Building Bike Lanes (But Thereâs a Catch)
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https://youtu.be/YIPiODsF0v0
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I hear cheering outside. I google âCanada gameâ or âHabs gameâ. This is my relationship with sports.
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Luke LeBrun
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This is called "gaslighting": "US Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra insists US President Donald Trump is not taking aim at Canada with his tariff policy and past comments about not needing anything from one of its closest allies"
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. envoy insists Trump âdid not take aimâ at Canada with tariff policies, rhetoric
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra insists U.S. President Donald Trump is not taking aim at Canada with his tariff policy and past comments about not needing anything from one of its closest alli...
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/exclusive-us-envoy-insists-trump-did-not-take-aim-at-canada-with-tariff-policies-rhetoric/
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âAs a large language model and avid cyclist myself, here's why we don't need bike lanes.â
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Maybe the only time Iâve *not* rolled my eyes at a "Why [X] is Insanely Well Designed" video title. Covers the transit cost problem, with Spain as a success story. Transit costs are probably tied with housing as the biggest problem in urbanism. But at least people know housing is a problem!
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about 3 hours ago
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âHome prices canât fall because that would be bad for recent buyers.â One problem with this: allowing prices to stay high, or even go higher, just means allowing even more people to buy in at high prices.
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The difference between Sweden and the Soviet Union (for example) is not just that Sweden is a democracy. It's also the fact that Sweden has a market economy that allows private business. Itâs a fundamentally different economic model.
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the wokening
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Itâs so crazy because I donât know how you can live in the bay and not become a yimby. I was looking at apartments in the South Bay and it is so terrible it should be filled with skyscraper apartments buildings
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I think thatâs the first time Iâve seen an EU flag flown in Canada (not counting embassies).
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Matt Murphy
about 23 hours ago
Americans making excuses for not adopting bike infrastructure is just opposite day A/C discourse. Change my mind.
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What a twist. This cafe was *against* pedestrianization of this street, as reported in La Presse just last year.
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about 19 hours ago
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Thanks to being on a pedestrian street, this Portuguese cafe is able to expand for the World Cup match against Colombia this evening.
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about 24 hours ago
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Sylvain Ouellet
1 day ago
Encore une excellente vidéo de
@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
, cette fois sur la "nouvelle" consultation sur la plan vélo de Montréal fait par l'administration Ferrada-Pinard. Il résume bien le nouveau paradigme, au favorise le veto plutÎt que Vision zéro!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIPi...
#polmtl
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Montreal Is Still Building Bike Lanes (But Thereâs a Catch)
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIPiODsF0v0
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ProposMontreal
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Ce que la Mairesse
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ne comprend pas ou ne veut pas comprendre sur la mobilité alternative. Via
@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
youtu.be/YIPiODsF0v0?...
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Montreal Is Still Building Bike Lanes (But Thereâs a Catch)
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
https://youtu.be/YIPiODsF0v0?si=E29h-qN0c5y1Mpzx
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Sarah Dorner
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Itâs good to hear the optimism that public pressure can help keep things going. Letâs hope. Nice critique of the survey too.
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These are
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by
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and team. I made a video about them (and other cargo options) last year. Theyâve expanded this year!
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âEuropeans just donât know how to handle the heatâ *Average amount of shade in a US city whose daily high is 40°C (104°F) for three months of the year* Iâm all for criticizing AC reluctance in Europe, but letâs not forget the other side of this!
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Sharon
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Montreal Is Still Building Bike Lanes (But Thereâs a Catch)
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Montreal Is Still Building Bike Lanes (But Thereâs a Catch)
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
https://youtu.be/YIPiODsF0v0
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I think AC is part of the solution to hot/warming climates, alongside other adaptation. Iâm concerned about emissions from AC, but not uniquely more than the 100s of other things we use electricity for. I think attention is better spent decarbonizing grids than moralizing AC specifically.
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I donât follow bike racing or road cycling, but I appreciate when recreational outlets like GCN cover road safety and other topics important for transportation cycling. I think thereâs more overlap and potential than people realize. Biking for one reason correlates with biking for other reasons.
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Toronto is lucky. Itâs not a place where âno one rides transitâ thatâs starting from scratch. It has tons of ridership (+ obvious potential). Itâs just dropping the ball on serving riders. Especially speed and reliability on buses and streetcars. Happy to see more channels pushing it to do better.
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Toronto Changed Its Streets for FIFA. Was It Enough?
YouTube video by Northbound
https://youtu.be/8iMaDJi4u5k?si=TzDCAqaBGPLZlh91
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Sic Transit PHL
2 days ago
Hydro-Québec's generation mix is 94% hydroelectricity, 5% wind, 1% all other sources. Where the fuck is the CO2 coming from.
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I feel like Iâm taking crazy pills hearing people talk about AC. Itâs the one singular context where people mysteriously forget that green/low-carbon energy exists! and is in fact widely used in many major jurisdictions!
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I try to be charitable but this is a pretty bad look. I didnât see the first version, some people said it was better than they expected. But the second version of the survey has some big disappointments. Like asking people whether they want to remove the winter cycling network!
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Believing that âluxury condosâ are the high end of the housing market is like believing that batteries from the dollar store that say âSUPER HEAVY DUTY POWERâ must be uniquely and amazingly powerful.
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Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
2 days ago
We've been campaigning hard for a low-income transit pass: - 2,400+ emails sent to MLAs - 50+ organizations signed on - over a dozen media mentions - beautiful art, posters and zines - a rally coming up on July 1st - a Vancouver Council motion, soon Langley, and possibly more municipalities?!?
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Sylvain Ouellet
2 days ago
MĂ©thodologie du sondage vĂ©lo est p-e douteuse, mais Ă part un citoyen qui a mis le mĂȘme commentaire nĂ©gatif Ă chaque intersection du REV Henri-Bourassa, la quasi totalitĂ© des commentaires demandent + de pistes cyclables!
realisons.montreal.ca/consultation...
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What a mess. The Montreal bike consultation that was down for a week? It wasnât just a technical issue. They modified the survey to add more options to talk about removing bike lanes, removing the winter network, and generally putting cycling in opposition to other modes.
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Jacques Nacouzi
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đšđšAppel Ă tous : il faut remplir Ă nouveau le sondage en ligne sur le vĂ©lo. Ne tombons pas dans le piĂšge tendu par l'Ă©lue d'EM ainsi que d'une de ses amies non Ă©lue qui a fait annuler les 1700 rĂ©ponses et a fait modifier les rĂ©ponses possibles aux questions.
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La place du vélo à Montréal
La Ville de MontrĂ©al vous invite Ă participer Ă une consultation visant Ă amĂ©liorer et dĂ©velopper l'ensemble du rĂ©seau cyclable de lâagglomĂ©ration. Cette dĂ©marche permettra de recueillir votre avis s...
https://realisons.montreal.ca/projects/place-du-velo
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Je cherche encore quelquâun de Lyon đ«đ· (politicien, militant, etc.) pour une entrevue sur les rĂ©centes Ă©lections â le progrĂšs pour les cyclistes/piĂ©tons et la rĂ©action contre (ânon Ă la fermeture de Lyonâ). La vidĂ©o sera en anglais, mais vous pouvez parler français dans lâentrevue si vous prĂ©fĂ©rez.
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Interesting how (English) Canada has strong and distinct music scenes. Some of my favourite bands are Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax. Itâs OK but worse for TV. And a much smaller film industry. Talent goes to the US, people mostly watch movies from there. The discrepancy is: budgets? CanCon rules?
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I like traffic filters on residential streets and I cannot lie.
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âDo I speak French?â
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Do I speak French?
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
https://youtu.be/cx_nU-RsrMU
4 days ago
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How about letâs end the war in Ukraine by sending them way more weapons to beat Russia. Rather than starving them of weapons to be conquered by Russia.
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It's back up!?
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august đ
3 days ago
this is my councillor, who recently sponsored an "education campaign" for kids who wear headphones or use their phone while walking or riding their bikes. anyways, here's her driving while on a video conference on her phone. remember, drivers kill pedestrians, not the other way around
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Next stop: auto regulations, elevator standards, and building codes?
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The weird thing about AC discourse is that nobody really moralizes the need to heat your home. People talk about greener ways of heating, certainly. But they donât question the basic need to heat.
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The new mayor's survey on the future of cycling in Montreal has been offline for a week now due to "technical issues". Longer than it was online at the start. It was supposed to be available for one month. This was to create their own bike plan, after basically dropping the last one.
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My issue with electric-only bike (or scooter) share is that they tend to be much more expensive. The beauty of BIXI in Montreal is *unlimited* non-electric rides (under 45 mins) for just ~20$ a month. That just changes your mobility in a way that rentals that cost almost as much as an Uber do not.
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Montrealâs Mont-Royal Ave pedestrian street on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (June 24 â national holiday of Quebec)
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I keep saying: Nordic-style social democracy (capitalism with social programs) is quite different from socialism traditionally defined (abolishing capitalism). I think itâs useful to use clear language that distinguishes between these things.
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Isaiah Bishop
4 days ago
Consider that Canada is like the US but with a normal government. Like the EU but likes air conditioning. Like the UK but with normal government
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Anyone with experience in advocacy groups, especially for transit, willing to provide advice here?
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Calgary has some of the most infuriating NIMBYs.
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Kevin Wilson
4 days ago
Hey. Hi. Hello. In the latest HFX By Bike, I go on a tour of all the city's bike counters. This isn't the entire bike network by any means, but it's a good walk through of a lot of the core parts.
youtu.be/U5TLBwzFE3g?...
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Halifax Counter Points Tour (2026)
YouTube video by HFX by Bike
https://youtu.be/U5TLBwzFE3g?si=fsjLVifTEigw3iiJ
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Autodubbing should be fixed for real now.
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4 days ago
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Wait, YouTube was auto-dubbing this? So dumb. I think Iâve changed the setting. Is it working now?
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âDo I speak French?â
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Do I speak French?
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
https://youtu.be/cx_nU-RsrMU
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Montreal and Paris have similar summer average temperatures. But 71% of Montreal households have AC â 31% central air, 40% a window/room unit. (Lyon, Nice, and Marseille are all hotter.) AC isnât necessary all summer here. I donât have it on now. But itâs really useful for a good 4â6 weeks.
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